I would check local buy/sell listings on places like craigslist or gumtree etc for large lots of TOMY/Trackmaster trains it works out really cheap per item and if you are a bit handy they can live again if dead 
That's where the resellers buy them from and they like to charge $20+ each loco when they resell them.
That's where the resellers buy them from and they like to charge $20+ each loco when they resell them.
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